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Originally I’d planned to go to climb the Giferspitz but that’s it in the centre of the above photo’ with the top covered in cloud. So we decided to take the much easier option of walking from Zweisimmen to Schrönreid which is basically a tour along the top of that part of the Gstaad ski area. It’s an easy walk and takes in the Hornberg which has a nice restaurant at the top. I’ve done some a more strenuous hike from here towards Lenk in the past : Zweisimmen-Lenk

I skied here a lot in the past mostly during the 2005-2006 season and was lucky enough to experience probably the best season they’d had for 30 years or more. There’s many, many pictures in the blog : start here

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I’d arranged to spend some time skiing with the GAP course being run by Ski Academy Switzerland. I’d seen their advert in the BASI magazine and it’s reasonably local although it does mean leaving the house at 0730 to be there in time.

It’s great weather round Gstaad still, cold, clear skies and the snow’s still great. The forecast is for a couple of snowfalls later in the week so the outlook is good.

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